Psoriasis Awareness Month: Stassi Schroeder is vocal about diagnosis as she doesn't want women to feel insecure
Reality TV is one of the most consumed forms of entertainment in the era that we live in and TV personalities who feature on them enjoy a lot of popularity for the way they act, look or dress. 'Vanderpump Rules' on Bravo is one of those shows that commands a lot of audiences and its stars are one of the most-followed people on social media. One of them is Stassi Schroeder who chose to reveal her struggles with the auto-immune disease psoriasis in the year 2018. She went live on her Instagram account and offered a raw account of how psoriasis flare-ups affect her face.
"This psoriasis situation is not on fleek," she said in the post. "If anybody else suffers from this and gets it on their face, I'm with you," she added further according to Bravo.com. Further elaborating on why she speaks so candidly about herself suffering from the skin condition in order to help people feel like they're not alone, she told Bravo's Daily Dish, “I don’t like when women feel insecure, and I don’t want them to ever look at me and feel that way so that’s why if I need to talk about my psoriasis or the fact that I’m wearing pairs of Spanx, fine.”
Psoriasis is a chronic auto-immune disease that appears on the skin, often as red, scaly patches that itch and bleed, according to Psoriasis.org. It occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed up the growth cycle of skin cells and the disease is not contagious.
There are five types of psoriasis: plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular, and erythrodermic. Nearly 80 percent of people with the disease have plaque psoriasis — the most common form — which appears as dry, raised, red skin patches (lesions) covered with silvery scales. The plaques might be itchy or tender and there may be few or many. They usually appear on elbows, knees, lower back, and scalp. Some of the health risks associated with the disease include heart disease, heart attack, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression.
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month and it brings an opportunity for survivors and activists to share tips and raise awareness about the genetic disease. In this column, we highlight the struggles of celebrities and talk about preventative and cure measures.